At the age of 10, having failed in his lifelong ambition to become a vigilante vampire werewolf – otherwise known as a vamp-wolf – Ray Hamill finally admitted defeat and turned his attention full-time to daydreaming instead.
A mere few decades later, the world of crime fighting’s loss is now the literary world’s gain.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Ray moved to the United States after graduating college, spending time in Boston and San Francisco before settling among the redwoods in Northern California, where he has worked as a journalist for the past 20 years.
In that time he has published three books, including his most recent, Help, My Horse is Drowning!, a humorous look at the world of sports and the life of the enthusiastically delusional athlete in us all.
He previously published the outrageously satirical Free the Leprechauns! as well as the semi-autobiographical Help Me, Im Irish! - a book about the non-meaning of life.
Ray is also the host of a weekly sports talk radio show broadcast locally in Northern California on Blue Ox Community Radio, and a sports blog at barstoolfanatics.com.
College of the Redwoods sophomore Jarid Jorgensen has qualified for this weekend’s community college track and field championships in a pair of events. At the recent NorCal championships, Jorgensen placed second in […]
The Team Beasts seventh-grade girls continue to set the standard for local AAU basketball teams this spring, winning yet another tournament over the weekend. The local girls team remarkably won their sixth […]
The Humboldt MTB composite team closed out the regular season in high school mountain biking over the weekend, securing a team and individual championship. The Humboldt club, made up of competitors from […]
The Arcata Tigers have been waiting a long time to return to the North Coast Section playoffs in softball, and now they’ll have to wait a little longer. The Tigers were scheduled […]
The Eureka girls secured their first North Coast Section playoff win in softball in five years on Tuesday, defeating visiting San Rafael 2-1 at Eureka High. And they had to fight for […]
The Crusaders’ lone senior appears determined to go out with a bang this year. On Tuesday evening, Caleb Ruiz lifted St. Bernard’s to a comfortable 10-0 win in five innings over visiting […]
The Eureka Loggers saw their season end in extra innings on Tuesday evening, falling 3-1 at home to San Rafael in the opening round of the North Coast Section Division-III playoffs. The […]
The Ferndale Wildcats saw their season come to an end in the opening round of the Division-V North Coast Section playoffs on Tuesday, falling 7-2 at home to Cloverdale. The No. 8 […]
A pair of young stars showed us the future of local track and field is in good hands over the weekend, with some dynamic performances at the North Coast Section Redwood Empire […]
By Ray Hamill — The St. Bernard’s Crusaders are back where they feel they belong, at least when it comes to North Coast Section football. On Monday, the school won an appeal […]
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A memorable season for the Fortuna Huskies is only getting better. On Saturday, the Fortuna girls led the local charge at the North Coast Section Redwood Empire track and field championships, placing […]
By Ray Hamill — An ever-reliable senior leader and an up-and-coming sophomore were the difference makers for Eureka in a close game on Friday night, and the presence of both bodes well […]
By Ray Hamill — The Panthers were mad after Friday’s championship extra-innings loss to Eureka. They should be. Defensive miscues cost them a chance at what would have been a first-ever Lakin […]
By Ray Hamill — A number of former Humboldt-Del Norte League players have been busy on the college softball and baseball fields this spring, with several of them closing out strong. Most […]
By Ray Hamill — A dynamic CR infield was recognized for a big season in softball this week, with three Corsairs named all-conference. Shortstop Amy Reyes and second baseman Adriana Chavez were […]
By Ray Hamill — The North Coast Section playoff brackets were finalized on Saturday for both baseball and softball, with few surprises for the local teams. A total of 12 H-DNL teams […]
Sam Betts and Nick Seely teamed up to win a recent Redwood Empire Golf Club two-person scramble, shooting a gross seven-under-par 65. There was a tie for second place between the teams […]
By Ray Hamill — Two down, one to go. The McKinleyville Panthers have been the best high school softball team on the North Coast all spring, and that continued to be the […]
By Ray Hamill — After a regular season that went down to the wire with little separating the top teams in the Big 5, it was only appropriate that we would see […]
